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Ministry of Textiles
PEHCHAN scheme to provide new identity to handicraft artisans and help them avail benefits of various schemes
31.14 lakhs handicraft artisans across the country registered under PEHCHAN
PEHCHAN scheme was launched in 2016 to provide new identity to handicraft artisans so that the benefits of various schemes are provided to the deserving artisans. Aadhar linked Pehchan Cards are issued after due verification by field functionaries of Office of Development Commissioner , Ministry of Textiles. Pehchan card holders can avail the benefits of all the handicrafts schemes implemented by Ministry of Textiles.
31.14 lakhs handicraft artisans across the country have been registered as on 30.06.2023. The state-wise data of handicraft artisans is given below.
Registered artisans with Pehchan card can avail the benefits of the National Handicraft Development Programme  and Comprehensive Handicrafts Cluster Development Scheme  of Ministry of Textiles.
The details of financial benefits /assistance provided to registered handicraft artisan under the schemes are as under:
- Skill & Training upgradation, design development workshops, tool kit distributions, marketing platforms, infrastructural support.
- Individual benefits to artisans like Mudra loan, Interest Subvention and Margin Money on Mudra loan.
- Shilp Guru and National Awards to master artisans.
- Monthly pension of Rs. 8,000 to awardee artisans under indigent circumstances.
Total 1.17 lakhs artisans benefitted through various scheme of the Office of Development Commissioner  during the year 2022-23.
Handicraft Artisans registered under “Pehchan Card Scheme”
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S. No
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States
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Artisan Registered

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1
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A & N Islands
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3,201
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2
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Andhra Pradesh
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64,663
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3
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Arunachal Pradesh
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10,343
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4
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Assam
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1,02,932
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5
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Bihar
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1,39,616
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6
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Chhattisgarh
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16,019
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7
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Delhi
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21,309
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8
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Goa
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10,041
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9
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Gujarat
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1,37,816
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10
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Haryana
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51,395
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11
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Himachal Pradesh
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28,234
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12
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J & K
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1,51,203
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13
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Jharkhand
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1,07,940
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|
14
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Karnataka
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42,577
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15
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Kerala
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52,994
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|
16
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Ladakh
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3,714
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|
17
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Madhya Pradesh
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97,036
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|
18
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|
Maharashtra
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74,423
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|
19
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Manipur
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71,093
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20
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Meghalaya
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6,192
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21
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Mizoram
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6,006
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|
22
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Nagaland
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13,723
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|
23
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Odisha
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1,92,506
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24
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Pondicherry
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17,560
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25
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Punjab
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38,729
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26
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Rajasthan
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1,62,651
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27
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Sikkim
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3,116
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28
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Tamil Nadu
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67,500
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29
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Telangana
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44,677
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30
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Tripura
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21,038
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31
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Uttar Pradesh
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10,14,283
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32
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Uttarakhand
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42,890
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33
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West Bengal
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2,97,048
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Total
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31,14,468
This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Textiles, Smt. Darshana Jardosh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Coal
National Coal Index
Ministry of Coal has started Commercial Auction of coal mines on revenue share basis. In order to arrive at the revenue share based on market prices of coal, one National Coal Index  was conceptualized. The NCI is a price index which reflects the change of price level of coal on a particular month relative to the fixed base year. The base year for the NCI is FY 2017-18. Prices of coal from all the sales channels of coal, including import, as existing today are taken into account for compiling the NCI. The amount of revenue share per tonne of coal produced from auctioned blocks would be arrived at using the NCI by means of defined formula.
NCI has already been rolled out on 4th June 2020 and the same is placed on the website of the Ministry of Coal. NCI is composed of a set of five sub-indices: three for Non Coking Coal and two for Coking Coal. The three sub-indices for Non Coking Coal are combined to arrive at the Index for Non Coking Coal and the two sub-indices for Coking Coal are combined to arrive at the Index for Coking Coal. Thus, indices are separate for Non-coking and Coking Coal. As per the grade of coal pertaining to a mine, the appropriate sub-index is used to arrive at the revenue share.
This information was given by Union Minister of Coal Shri Pralhad Joshi in a written reply in Lok Sabha yesterday.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Union Women and Child Development Minister Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani calls upon NCPCR to review infrastructure gaps in Child Care Homes
Union Women and Child Development Minister, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani has called upon
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights  to see and review the infrastructure gaps in Child Care Homes. The Minister also asked NCPCR to present these gaps to the WCD Ministry so that these can be brought up in the upcoming budget.
Section 27 of the Juvenile Justice  Act, 2015 makes it mandatory to establish at least one Child Welfare Committee  in each district as the authority to dispose of cases for the care, protection, treatment, development and rehabilitation of children in need of care & protection and to provide for their basic needs and protection of human rights. The functions and responsibilities of the CWC shall be in accordance with the Section 30 Juvenile Justice  Act. 2015.
Infrastructure for CWC
Mission Vatsalya scheme provides infrastructure and financial support to the States/ UTs for facilitating setting up of CWC in every district and to ensure their effective functioning. The Children Home being constructed shall have two rooms of 300 Sq. ft. each for the CWC. Where an existing Children Home has the required space available within the premises, the same shall be provided to the Committee. However, in districts where there is no Children Home or the existing Children Home has no space for the CWC, funds will be provided under the Mission for constructing or renting suitable premises for the CWC. Mission Vatsalya Scheme provides Rs.9,25,800/- for Construction of CWC.
Provisions for Child Welfare Committee  under Mission Vatsalya Scheme:
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Sl. No.
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Item of Expenditure
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Amount 
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A
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Administrative Expenses
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Rent, water, electricity, telephone, stationary, photocopy local travel etc.
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1,80,000/- per annum
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Child related expenses including medicines, transpiration, etc.
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84,000/- per annum
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Honorarium / Remuneration
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Honorarium/ Remuneration for 20 meetings for 05 members including chairperson 
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24,00,000/- per annum
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One Assistant-cum-Data Entry operator
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1,42,992/- per annum
NCPCR is a statutory body constituted under Section 3 of the Commission for Protection of Child Rights  Act, 2005 to protect the child rights and other related matters in the country. The Commission is mandated to monitor the proper and effective implementation of Juvenile Justice  Act, 2015 and its Rules; Protection of Children from Sexual Offences  Act, 2012 and Right to Free and Compulsory Education  Act, 2009.
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs 
Cabinet approves enhancement of budget for implementation of Network for Spectrum for Defence Services
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for enhancement of budget by Rs.11,330 crore for Network For Spectrum  project for laying of alternate communication network for Defence Services for release of spectrum over and above Rs.13,334 crore already approved by Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure in July, 2012.
The project, being implemented by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited , will be completed in a period of 24 months.
The NFS project will boost the communication capabilities of the Defence Forces in a major way leading to enhanced national operational preparedness. The project will also have forward linkages to other related industries such as telecom equipment manufacturing and other telecommunication related services.
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Special Service and Features
Sea ranching of the green tiger shrimp under 'Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana' 
A total of 3.1 million green tiger shrimp seeds  were sea ranched at Mandapam  on 20th December, 2022 under the Project entitled "Sea ranching of Green tiger shrimp  Post Larvae  in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu" funded by Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Govt. of India under the Central Sector Scheme component of the PMMSY. The shrimp seeds were released by Shri Abdul Kadhar Jailani, Assistant Director of Fisheries & Fishermen Welfare, Mandapam, Smt. Gomathi, Sub Inspector of Fisheries & Fishermen Welfare, Mandapam Fishermen Association Leaders in presence of Dr. G. Tamilmani, Head-in-Charge& Principal Investigator of the project and the staff of the Mandapam Regional Centre. The fishermen thanked the Government of India and ICAR-CMFRI for such an initiative and expressed that this activity will be helpful in replenishing the green tiger shrimp stock. A total of 36.54 million green tiger shrimp seeds were sea ranched in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar since the inception of the Project . The sea ranching programme was coordinated by Dr. B. Johnson, Senior Scientist of the Centre.
Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles demise of Kader Khan
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has condoled the demise of Kader Khan.
“Kader Khan Ji brightened the screen with his stupendous acting skills and lightened it thanks to his unique sense of humour. He was also a prolific screenwriter, associated with many memorable films. Saddened by his demise. Condolences to his family and admirers”, the Prime Minister said.
Prime Minister's Office
PM meets youth and children from Jammu and Kashmir
PM meets youth and children from Jammu and Kashmir
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Action initiated to control fraudulent companies
The term ‘Fraudulent Company’ is not defined in the Companies Act, 2013. However, Ministry of Corporate Affairs  through the Registrar of Companies  CRC at Manesar registers new companies by following due process of law.
This was stated by Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
The Minster stated that in order to simplify the process of registration of new companies, MCA had taken various steps such as SPICe form was introduced to reduce the procedures, time and cost required for incorporation of a company to great extent. Since 23rd February 2020, the SPICe form has been replaced by a new generation integrated incorporation form christened SPICe+ web form which offers 10 services by three Central Government Ministries, the Maharashtra State Government and six public & private sector Banks, thereby reducing the number of procedures required to start business in India. MCA has been implementing a holistic end-to-end e-Governance project named ‘MCA21’ for discharging its statutory functions since March, 2006 to bring transparency, speed and efficiency in the functioning of the Government.
Giving more details, the Minister said, MCA is aware of the corporate frauds reported in the last five years. Based on the complaints, investigations have been ordered from time to time against the companies which were allegedly involved in fraud and assigned to Serious Fraud Investigation Office  and Regional Directors . The details of number of companies against whom Investigations ordered and assigned to SFIO and RDs during the last 5 Financial Years are as under:
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Financial year
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No. of investigations ordered and assigned to SFIO
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No. of investigations ordered and assigned to RDs
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No of Cases
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No of Companies
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No of Cases
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No of Companies
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2015-16
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21
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184
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3
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3
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2016-17
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25
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111
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2
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2
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2017-18
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22
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226
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52
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117
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2018-19
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33
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|
414
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|
27
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126
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2019-20
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26
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|
326
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|
33
|
|
100
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
With higher number of patients getting cured, India’s total Recoveries surpass 30 lakh
Less than 0.5 % patients on Ventilators, 2% in ICUs & less than 3.5% on Oxygen Support
One of the goals of the TEST-TRACK-TREAT strategy of the Centre is to reduce the COVID mortality and keep the case fatality rate low. There has been sharp attention on sustaining high levels of recoveries and to strengthen the clinical treatment protocols to provide a uniform standardised level of medical care to save lives.
Not only is India’s Case Fatality Rate lower than the global average and progressively declining , but a very small proportion of the active cases, amounting to less than 0.5%, are on ventilator support. Data also shows that 2% cases are in ICUs and less than 3.5% of the active cases occupy oxygen supported beds.
As a result of these measures, India's total COVID-19 recoveries have crossed 30 lakh  today.
With the recovery of 66,659 in the last 24 hours, India has continued its trajectory of posting more than 60000 recoveries for the 8th consecutive day. The Recovery Rate amongst the COVID-19 patients is 77.15% demonstrating that the number of patients recovering is on a steady rise over the past several months.
The higher number of recoveries has also led to a steady enhancement in the difference between the recovered and active ones. This difference has crossed 22 lakh, as on date. This ensured that the actual caseload of the country viz. the active cases , has reduced and currently comprises only 21.11% of the total positive cases.
For all authentic & updated information on COVID-19 related technical issues, guidelines & advisories please regularly visit: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/ and @MoHFW_INDIA.
Technical queries related to COVID-19 may be sent to technicalquery.covid19[at]gov[dot]in and other queries on ncov2019[at]gov[dot]in and @CovidIndiaSeva .
In case of any queries on COVID-19, please call at the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare helpline no.: +91-11-23978046 or 1075 . List of helpline numbers of States/UTs on COVID-19 is also available at https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/coronvavirushelplinenumber.pdf
Department of Space
Linking of Space Research with Contemporary Needs
Indian Space Research Organisation , since its inception, has been driven by the objective of harnessing the benefits of space technology for national development and improving the lives of the people. The satellite enabled data and services are being used to improve the living standards of people. These include Television broadcasting, Direct-to-Home, ATM, Mobile communication, Tele-education, Tele-medicine and advisories on weather, pest infestation, agro-meteorology and potential fishing zones. Satellite data is also used for crop production estimation, crop intensification, agricultural drought assessment, wasteland inventory, identifying ground water prospect zones, inland aquaculture suitability and disaster risk reduction, which indirectly benefits the people
In order to promote use of space technology for governance and public administration, Department of Space had formed expert working groups in ISRO for proactive interaction with the Government departments and prepared the joint action plan on “Effective use of Space Technology in Governance & Development”. These action plans were deliberated in One Day National Meet held in New Delhi in September 2015, with the participation of all the Central Government Ministries/Departments. 127 projects emerged out of this Meet, are being executed in the areas of Natural Resources Management, Planning, Monitoring & Decision Making and Disaster Risk Reduction.
Further, to promote utilisation of space technology in State Government Departments, State level workshops have also been conducted in 17 states. Other measures include  institutionalisation of space applications in many Ministries/Departments,  conduct of training sessions on space technology based applications at LBSNAA  and training of Deputy Secretaries as part of ISTM Programs .
This information was provided by the Union Minister of State  Development of North-Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Situation After Abrogation of ART. 370
After abrogation of Article 370, the number of terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir have reduced significantly. The details of number of incidents and the terrorists killed in J&K in the year in the year 2019, 2020 and 2021 are as under:-
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2019
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2020
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2021 
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No. of terrorist incidents
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594
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244
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15
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Terrorists killed
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157
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221
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8
The details of civilians, security force personnel killed during the operations in last 2 years are as under :-
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2019
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2020
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2021 
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Civilian Killed
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5
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6
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0
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Security Force personnel Martyred
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27
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|
33
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1
The details of number of terrorist incidents and terrorist killed in the hinterland of the country during each of the last three years and current year  are as under: -
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Hinterland of the country
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2018
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2019
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2020
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2021

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No. of Terrorist incidents
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Terrorist killed
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No. of Terrorist incidents
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Terrorist killed
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No. of Terrorist incidents
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Terrorist killed
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No. of Terrorist incidents
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Terrorist killed
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J&K
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614
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257
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594
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157
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244
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221
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15
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|
8
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Punjab
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1
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Delhi

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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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1
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-
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Other states/ UTs
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
The Government has adopted a policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism and has taken various measures, such as strengthening of security apparatus, strict enforcement of law against anti-national elements, intensified cordon and search operations to effectively deal with the challenges posed by the terrorist organisations. Security Forces also keep a close watch on persons who attempt to provide support to terrorists and initiate action against them.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G.Kishan Reddy in a written reply to question in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Defence
DRDO develops Advanced Chaff Technology to safeguard naval ships from missile attack
Defence Research and Development Organisation  has developed an Advanced Chaff Technology to safeguard the naval ships against enemy missile attack. Defence Laboratory Jodhpur , a DRDO laboratory, has indigenously developed three variants of this critical technology namely Short Range Chaff Rocket , Medium Range Chaff Rocket  and Long Range Chaff Rocket  meeting Indian Navy’s qualitative requirements. The successful development of Advanced Chaff Technology by DLJ is another step towards Atmanirbhar Bharat.
Recently, Indian Navy conducted trials of all three variants in the Arabian Sea on Indian Naval Ship and found the performance satisfactory.
Chaff is a passive expendable electronic countermeasure technology used worldwide to protect naval ships from enemy’s radar and Radio Frequency  missile seekers. The importance of this development lies in the fact that very less quantity of chaff material deployed in the air acts as decoy to deflect enemy’s missiles for safety of the ships.
The DRDO has gained the expertise to meet the futuristic threats from adversaries. The technology is being given to the industry for production in large quantities.
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has congratulated DRDO, Indian Navy and Industry for the achievement.
Secretary Department of Defence R&D & Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy appreciated the efforts of the teams involved in the indigenous development of this vital technology to safeguard Indian Naval Ships.
Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral G Ashok Kumar has applauded DRDO efforts in developing strategically important technology indigenously in a short span and cleared for bulk production.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
3.04 Crore New Connections provided under National Jal Jeevan Mission
27 Districts, 458 blocks, 33,516 Gram Panchayats, 66,210 Villages have achieved “HarGhar Jal”
MOS Shri RattanlalKataria reviewed the progress of Jal Jeevan Mission, a Flagship programme of the Government. A presentation was made about the progress of the Mission by Addl Secretary, Department of Drinking water and sanitation –Shri Bharat Lal.
MrKataria informed that since Independence till August 2019, a total of 3.23 Crore rural households  had tap water connections, but in a short span of 1 year alone, 3.04 Crore new connections have already been provided to rural households under this mission. Jal Jeevan mission has set an ambitious yet achievable target of giving piped water connections to each and every rural household with an approach ensuring - ‘No one is left out’.
He informed that Goa is the first state to provide 100% piped connection and so far 27 Districts, 458 blocks, 33,516 Gram Panchayats, 66,210 villages have been declared to have achieved ‘HarGharJal’.Recently, Kurukshetra became the 27th District in India and 3rd in Haryana to have achieved this target.
He credited the success primarily to the people of these villages, Gram Panchayats, PaaniSamitis, public health authorities and other stakeholders.
States of Telangana, Gujarat, Haryana, UT of Puducherry are close to achieving 100% coverage. States which have made good progress in terms of increasing the coverage are - Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand,Manipur, Mizoram, UT of Andaman and Nicobar.
For the Road Map ahead, 2 states and 2 UTs  are expected to achieve 100% coverage in the year 2021. The Ministry is working to leverage Information Technology to provide latest and relevant information about the progress of this scheme in public domain through web portal and mobile apps.
MrKataria informed that the project is ushering in a silent revolution as water connections are being provided to all rural households without any discrimination or bias towards any particular caste, community, religion, race or color.
He added that “water is the elixir of life and it is unfortunate that even after 7 decades of Independence, women in the villages have to travel some distance to get potable water for fulfilling domestic needs of their families. This poses a threat to their security and dignity. “
The Jal Jeevan Mission is following an inclusive approach and mandates involvement of rural women in the Village Water and Sanitation committee/PaaniSamitis to ensure their participation in overall planning and preparation of the village action plans . Under this mission, 5 women per village are trained to test the quality of water using Field Testing Kits , so as to ensure supply of quality drinking water through these connections.
APS/MG/AS